diff --git a/adapter/sqlite/note_dao.go b/adapter/sqlite/note_dao.go
index 4e2d866..acb83f6 100644
--- a/adapter/sqlite/note_dao.go
+++ b/adapter/sqlite/note_dao.go
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ func (d *NoteDAO) expandMentionsIntoMatch(opts note.FinderOpts) (note.FinderOpts
 	defer rows.Close()
 
 	titles := []string{}
+
+	appendTitle := func(t string) {
+		titles = append(titles, `"`+strings.ReplaceAll(t, `"`, "")+`"`)
+	}
+
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var title, metadataJSON string
 		err := rows.Scan(&title, &metadataJSON)
@@ -414,7 +419,7 @@ func (d *NoteDAO) expandMentionsIntoMatch(opts note.FinderOpts) (note.FinderOpts
 			return opts, err
 		}
 
-		titles = append(titles, `"`+title+`"`)
+		appendTitle(title)
 
 		// Support `aliases` key in the YAML frontmatter, like Obsidian:
 		// https://publish.obsidian.md/help/How+to/Add+aliases+to+note
@@ -426,10 +431,10 @@ func (d *NoteDAO) expandMentionsIntoMatch(opts note.FinderOpts) (note.FinderOpts
 				switch aliases := aliases.(type) {
 				case []interface{}:
 					for _, alias := range aliases {
-						titles = append(titles, `"`+fmt.Sprint(alias)+`"`)
+						appendTitle(fmt.Sprint(alias))
 					}
 				case string:
-					titles = append(titles, `"`+aliases+`"`)
+					appendTitle(aliases)
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/docs/note-frontmatter.md b/docs/note-frontmatter.md
index 5e295f0..2d5abcd 100644
--- a/docs/note-frontmatter.md
+++ b/docs/note-frontmatter.md
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ keywords: [writing, essay, practice]
 | `date`     | Creation date – takes precedence over the file date         |
 | `tags`     | List of tags attached to this note                          |
 | `keywords` | Alias for `tags`                                            |
+| `aliases`  | Alternative titles for this note, used by `--mention`       |
 
 All metadata are indexed and can be printed in `zk list` output, using the template variable `{{metadata.<key>}}`, e.g. `{{metadata.description}}`. The keys are normalized to lower case.